When the first Hardballers first came out a buddy dragged me to a gun shop. The owner let us field strip the pistol. It had metal shavings in it from the manufacturer. Since then, I've seen other AMT products and the lack of quality never let me spend hard earned money on any of them. There is a reason they aren't still making handguns. It always interests me though when someone will come along and tout them these days. I suppose that most gun folks under the age of 50 don't know anything about them, so would be taken in by claims that the AMT's were ok.